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South African Medical Association

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Research works
102
▲ 362% vs 2013–17
Citations
215
2.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
63%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: South African Medical Association is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.85× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.85× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceDentistry: 2.49× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 4.43× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.57× its world share, 4 worksMedicineBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.50× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.25× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4.15× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.95× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 4.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at South African Medical Association?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Human Rights, Primary Care, COVID-19, Public Health, Healthcare, Clinical Guidelines, Development and Chronic Disease Management.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in all years in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Human Rights9▲ 10×6 topics
  2. Primary Care8▲ 18×7 topics
  3. Public Health8▲ 5.4×13 topics
  4. COVID-197▲ 9.8×12 topics
  5. Epidemiology6▲ 1.51×28 topics
  6. Globalization5▲ 2.9×8 topics
  7. Healthcare5▲ 7.3×9 topics
  8. Clinical Guidelines5▲ 15×2 topics
  9. Development5▲ 13×2 topics
  10. Chronic Disease Management4▲ 30×5 topics
  11. Quality of Life4▲ 3.0×12 topics
  12. Global Governance4▲ 17×3 topics
  13. Healthcare Quality4▲ 32×2 topics
  14. Mental Health4▲ 3.5×9 topics
  15. Economic Growth4▲ 5.0×6 topics
  16. Constitutionalism4▲ 31×1 topic
  17. Developmental Local Government4▲ 248×1 topic
  18. HIV/AIDS4▲ 51×2 topics
  19. Physician Liability4▲ 62×2 topics
  20. Defensive Medicine4▲ 108×1 topic
  21. Malpractice Risk4▲ 108×1 topic
  22. Pandemic4▲ 7.5×6 topics
  23. Motivation3▲ 11×2 topics
  24. Gender Differences3▲ 10×2 topics
  25. Leadership Development3▲ 73×2 topics
  26. Violence3▲ 23×3 topics
  27. Health System Reform3▲ 41×2 topics
  28. Healthcare Workers3▲ 21×5 topics
  29. Quality Improvement3▲ 14×4 topics
  30. Career Choice3▲ 93×1 topic
  31. Dental Students3▲ 103×1 topic
  32. Continuity of Care3▲ 42×2 topics
  33. Millennium Development Goals3▲ 163×1 topic
  34. Patient-Centered Medical Home3▲ 52×1 topic
  35. Pay for Performance3▲ 52×1 topic
  36. Social Inequality3▲ 12×1 topic
  37. Sustainable Development Goals3▲ 21×2 topics
  38. Global Trade2▲ 17×3 topics
  39. Social Determinants2▲ 12×2 topics
  40. South Africa2▲ 77×2 topics

Which research topics does South African Medical Association publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Breast Lesions and Carcinomas, Breast Cancer Treatment Studies, Classical Antiquity Studies and Cancer and Skin Lesions.

Breast Lesions and Carcinomas: 1 fractional worksBreast Cancer Treatment Studies: 1 fractional worksClassical Antiquity Stud…1Classical Antiquity Studies: 1 fractional worksCancer and Skin Lesions1Cancer and Skin Lesions: 1 fractional worksAfrican history and cult…0African history and culture analysis: 0 fractional worksGlobal Maritime and Colo…0Global Maritime and Colonial Histories: 0 fractional worksHealthcare Systems and C…0Healthcare Systems and Challenges: 0 fractional worksGlobal Security and Publ…0Global Security and Public Health: 0 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Impact and Resp…0HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses: 0 fractional worksHealthcare Systems and R…0Healthcare Systems and Reforms: 0 fractional works
Pathology and Forensic MedicineCancer ResearchAnthropologyDermatology5 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Breast Lesions and Carcinomas Pathology and Forensic Medicine 1 works
  2. 2 Breast Cancer Treatment Studies Cancer Research 1 works
  3. 3 Classical Antiquity Studies Anthropology 1 works
  4. 4 Cancer and Skin Lesions Dermatology 1 works
  5. 5 African history and culture analysis Political Science and International Relations 0 works
  6. 6 Global Maritime and Colonial Histories Anthropology 0 works
  7. 7 Healthcare Systems and Challenges General Health Professions 0 works
  8. 8 Global Security and Public Health Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  9. 9 HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses Economics and Econometrics 0 works
  10. 10 Healthcare Systems and Reforms Finance 0 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world’s own shares — the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available63.1%not open36.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.3%domestic only91.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has South African Medical Association's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 362% higher than in 2013–2017.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

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